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It embodies a message which is summoning men to maturity and to
responsibility for themselves, their neighbors, and their world
at large.
As was previously mentioned, the death of God is not a
particularly new idea. However, what is new is the widespread
concern about radical theology not only in theological circles,
but in other areas of our culture as well. Whether or not the
death of God is a plausible theological position remains to be
seen; however, it can hardly be denied that it is symptomatic
of the revolution in the life and thought of twentieth century
man.
FOOTNOTES
1Thomas Altizer and William Hamilton, Radical Theo1og~
and the Death of God (New York: The Bobbs-Merri11 Co., Inc.,
1966), p , 11.
2Ibid., p , 41.
3Ibid., p. 162.
